CHRISTOPHER BRIDGES

Law Corporation

We are a boutique commercial litigation and criminal litigation Singapore law firm licensed to practice in the Jurisdiction of Singapore with affiliated offices within Asia.

The firm primarily operates in these practice areas: Criminal Law, Civil Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Corporate and Commercial Law, Debt Collection, German Law, and Transnational and Cross Border Work particularly in the ASEAN region. We have developed a very close working relationship with our ASEAN partners with whom we have been working with since 1995.

We are dedicated to assisting our clients in achieving their legal, business, and financial goals. We endeavor to meet all our clients' legal needs and concerns, regardless of the complexity or difficulty of the matter with creative yet practical solutions. We strive to be a pre-eminent law practice that delivers consistently high-quality, responsive, and cost effective legal service. It is part of our concept to realize that we are in a service oriented industry and provide personalized and individual attention to our clients either in Singapore or through our affiliated offices within Asia.

We advise our clients in English, Mandarin, Malay, and various Chinese dialects.

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At Christopher Bridges Law Corporation, we strive to provide a professional and personable environment in which clients feel comfortable and assured that their legal needs are understood and addressed by an experienced and caring lawyer and paralegal team.

BUSINESS

Location

Singapore's role as an interface for European business in East Asia is pivotal. As a new hemispheric history is being written, East Asia is being woven together by a web of bilateral and multilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), centered on the ASEAN.

Eventually, India too will be integrated into East Asia, changing conventional geographical concepts of regions in Asia into one emerging new Asia.

Singapore,with a population of 4.24 million (2004), is the most advanced economy of the ASEAN countries. Its GDP per capita in 2004 stood at EUR 21,290 - only beneath Hong Kong in Asia and above the European Union (EU) average. The systems for health care and education are highly developed in Singapore. The literacy rate for the population stands at 94.6% (2004), with a high percentage of students obtaining university degrees.

Christopher Bridges

Mr. Christopher Bridges graduated from the University of London in 1988 and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in 1989 after sitting for the Bar Finals where he won a Book Prize for Best Overseas Student in General Paper 1. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor to The Supreme Court, Republic of Singapore on 6th June 1990. He is a Notary Public and a Commissioner for Oaths.

Mr. Bridges has over 25 years’ experience as a litigator and practices General Litigation. His field of practice as a General Litigator is wide and varied. He is accredited on the List of Leading Counsel maintained by the High Court of Singapore which appoints on behalf of the State, senior criminal practitioners who are assisted by an assistant Counsel from a similar List of Assisting Counsel to represent a Defendant facing the Death Penalty and whose fees are paid for by the High Court.

As an active General Litigator, Mr. Bridges has acted for clients in various settings, ranging from successful criminal motions to contract cases. His cases include:

- Acted successfully for the defendant in a restraint-of-trade employment contract dispute.

Ratnam Alfred Christie v Public Prosecutor [1999] 3 SLR(R) 685

- Successfully argued the Cut-off date for a sentence of caning to be imposed.

Central Christian Church and another v Chen Cheng and others [1997] SGHC 292

- Successfully acted for the plaintiffs in the High Court of Singapore in a defamation suit against the New Paper.

He has served on various sub-committees in the Law Society of Singapore and has been recognized by the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme for his contributions to this Scheme in 1997. On 19th Oct 2011, he was awarded the 'Minister for Law' Appreciation Award for his services to the Legal Aid Bureau of the Ministry of Law.

He is also involved in the Academic Field as a Part Time Lecturer and has lectured at both the Singapore Polytechnic and Murdoch University where he conducts tutorials for Diploma Students in Business Law, covering topics on creation of contracts, employment rights and Law of International Trade which covers Carriage of Goods by Sea and Air, Maritime Insurance and Sale of Goods as well as Australian Consumer Law and Hospitality and Tourism Law.

Mr. Bridges is a certified member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators in a time when arbitral proceedings are gaining a momentum in Singapore, having passed its entrance examinations in 1995.

Having a strong conviction in giving our wayward youths a second chance, Mr. Bridges works tirelessly to rehabilitate them. He is also a gazetted volunteer Probation Officer with the Ministry of Community Development Youth and Sports (MCYS).

KHALEEL NAMAZIE

Apart from his experience in advising local and international clients in private practice on a variety of commercial, corporate and litigation matters, Khaleel worked in the Asia Pacific Legal Department of Hewlett-Packard Singapore Pte Ltd as a Commercial Contracts Manager with special responsibility for the Asia Emerging Countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam.

In addition, Khaleel was also with Singapore Telecommunications Limited as Senior Legal Counsel, being part of the SingTel Global Offices team. During that time, he was also responsible for negotiating the legal aspects of several high value telecommunications and IT agreements with a significant number of Fortune 500 companies.

Khaleel is particularly interested in corporate governance, outsourcing and the legal and regulatory aspects of emerging technologies. He is happiest when discussing topics such as virtual space, online gaming and cloud computing. He is also a regular speaker at a number of seminars and workshops in Singapore and overseas having spoken at several conferences on a variety of subjects. These include company law, employment law, technology licensing, privacy and data protection, the law and regulation of online gambling in Singapore and other legal issues relating to service level agreements.

Khaleel read for a Bachelor’s Degree in Law at the National University of Singapore and was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1994. He is also a member of the Law Society of England & Wales. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Computer and Communications Law at Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London. The component subjects were Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Telecommunications Law, Electronic Banking Law and Internet Law.

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